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PREFACE. 

pseudo-science  of  Alchemy,  with  its  attrac- 
tive goals,  its  mystical  associations,  unprin- 
cipled charlatanism,  and  its  honest  self-deception, 
forms  a  fascinating  chapter  in  the  history  of  in- 
tellectual aberrations.  Regarded  as  a  phase  of 
chemical  science,  to  which  it  made  prodigious 
contributions,  students  of  chemical  history  find  it  an 
attractive  field  of  research,  and  not  a  few  chemical 
bibliophiles  treasure  the  extraordinary  literature 
born  of  a  search  for  the  Philosopher's  Stone  and  the 
Elixir  of  Life.  This  literature,  once  so  voluminous 
(a  trade  catalogiie  of  1868  contains  2500  numbers), 
is  rapidly  becoming  scarcer,  especially  in  the  more 
desirable  works. 

The  volumes  exhibited  have  been  selected  by  their 
owner  from  his  private  collection,  numbering  about 
two  hundred  and  fifty  volumes  on  Alchemy  and 
seven  hundred  volumes  on  Chemistry  (not  compris- 
ing periodicals).  To  Grolierites  they  will  look 
rather  unattractive  in  the  original  and  inferior 
bindings,  but  many  are  curiously  illustrated,  and 
some  are  interesting  for  their  very  poverty.  The 
Catalogtie  has  been  very  carefully  prepared  with 
technical  accitracy,  but  economic  reasons  compelled 
short  titles.  Bibliographical  and  explanatory  notes 
have  been  appended  to  the  titles,  in  hopes  of  making 
the  list  more  serviceable  to  non-professional  readers. 
The  editor  alone  is  responsible  for  the  data  and  the 
comments. 

T* 


Hlcbem^  anb  Chemistry 


1  A     B   C   VOM   STEIN  DER  WEISEN. 
r\  4  Th.  in  i  vol.  [xi]-7-3i8-[i];    348, 
100 ;  299;  325-64-[iii]  pp.   PI.    12°. 

Berlin,  1782 

Dedication  signed  by  C.  U.  Ringmacher.  Contains 
seventy-three  alchemical  treatises,  some  in  brief  abstracts 
or  extracts. 

2  A  GRICOLA,  GEORGE.     DE   RE  METAL- 
-^~i-  LICA    libri  xii.    .    .   EIUSDEM    DE    ANI- 

MANTIBUS     SUBTERRANEIS     liber.        [x]  -  502  - 

[Ixxiv]  pp.    II.     Sm.  fo.  Basileae,  1556 

The  first  edition  was  published  at  Basel  in  1546 ;  others 
followed  in  1556, 1558,  1561, 1571,  etc.  Noted  for  its  nu- 
merous interesting  engravings  of  mining  operations. 

3  ALBERTUS     MAGNUS.       PHILOSOPHIE 

-^   NATURALIS  ISAGOGE.    .    .  Ixxvi  ff,    PL     Sm. 

4°-  [Colophon:]  Vienne,  1514 

Albert  de  Bollstadt,  Bishop  of  Ratisbon,  was  the  first 
German  author  on  alchemy.    His  "  Opera  omnia,"  edited 
by  Petrus  Jammy,  Leyden,  1651,  occupy  no  less  than  21 
folio  volumes,  chiefly  theological. 
IA  5 


6  THE    GROLIER   CLUB. 

4  [  A  NDREA,      JOHANN      VALENTIN.] 

-Tx    CHYMISCHE      HOCHZEIT     CHRISTIANI 

ROSENCREUTZ,  anno  1459  •  •  •  *43  PP-    l8°« 

Strassburg,  1616 

For  bibliographical  notes  and  an  English  translation 
see  A.  E.  Waite's  "Real  History  of  the  Rosicrucians," 
London,  1887.  The  whole  Rosicrucian  controversy  is 
said  to  center  in  this  work. 

RTIS   AURIFER^E   QUAM   CHEMI- 
AM  VOCANT.    Vols.  I-II.    2  vols.  631 ; 
525  pp.  16°.  Basileae,  1593 

Contains  35  treatises.  The  first  edition  was  published 
1572.  A  German  translation  by  Phillip  Morgenstern 
was  published  at  Basel  in  1613,  under  the  title  :  "  Turba 
Philosophorum,  das  ist  das  Buch  von  der  guldinen  Kunst." 

6  ASHMOLE,     ELIAS.        THE     WAY    TO 
•£~JL  BLISS,  in  Three  Books.       [vi]-22o  pp. 
Sm.  4°.  London,  1658 

The  author  says  that  "  Motion  is  the  father  of  heat 
and  doth  beget  and  purchase  it  of  nothing,"  theoretically 
anticipating  modern  doctrines.  Book  III,  Chap.  II, 
treats  of  the  Philosopher's  Stone. 

7  A  SHMOLE,  ELIAS.    THEATRUM  CHEMI- 
-TX  CUM  BRITANNICUM;  containing  poeticall 
pieces  of  our  famous  English  philosophers  who 
have  written  the  Hermetique  mysteries  in  their 
owne    ancient    language;    with    annotations. 
The  first  part,     [xvi]  -  486  -  [viii]  pp.   PL  Sm. 
4°.  London,  1652 

Contains  inserted  portrait  of  Ashmole.  Part  II  was 
never  issued.  Lenglet  Du  Fresnoy  says  of  Ashmole : 
11 II  avoit  cette  folie  en  tete  sans  peut-etre  la  pratiquer, 
ou  du  moins  sans  y  rdussir."  Ashmole  was  the  well-known 
English  antiquary  who  founded  the  Ashmolean  Museum, 
Oxford. 


ALCHEMY   AND    CHEMISTRY.  7 

8  T3ARCHUSEN,     JOHANN     CONRAD. 
JD  PYROSOPHIA,  SUCCINCTE    IATROCHEMIAM, 

REM     METALLICAM    ET      CHRYSOPCEIAM       PER- 

VESTIGANS  .   .  .     [xvi]-4yopp.    PI.   Sm.  4°. 
Lugduni  Batavorum,  1698 

Barchusen,  b.  1666,  d.  1732,  was  professor  of  medi- 
cine and  chemistry  at  Utrecht. 

"  Pyrosophia  "  has  been  supposed  to  be  the  first  work 
in  which  the  word  affinity  occurs,  but  Kopp  shows  it  was 
used  by  Albertus  Magnus.  Lenglet  Du  Fresnoy  says  of 
this  work:  "La  seconde  et  la  troisieme  partie  de  cet 
ouvrage  .  .  .  sont  tres  curieuses  et  meritent  d'etre  lues. 
L'auteur  qui  dtoit  habile  ne  disconvient  pas  de  la  transmu- 
tation des  me'taux." 


9  [T3ARRETT,  FRANCIS.]    THE  LIVES  OF 

-D  ALCHEMYSTICAL  PHILOSOPHERS,  with  a 

.  .  .  Catalogue  of  Books  in  Occult  Chemistry 

and  a  Selection  of  ...  Celebrated  Treatises 

...  of  the  Hermetic  Art.     384  -  [ii]  pp.  8°. 

London,  1815 

Rare  and  much  sought.  The  first  part,  revised  and  ex- 
tended, was  reprinted  in  1888,  by  A.  E.  Waite,  London. 
The  bibliography  is  unsatisfactory,  giving  only  one-line 
titles. 


10  T3ASILIUS  VALENTINUS.  CHYMISCHE 
-D  SCHRIFTEN  ...  in  drey  Theile;  samt 
.  .  .  dem  Leben  des  Basilii  von  B.  N.  Petraeo. 
6.  ed.  [clviii]  -  1133  -  [civ]  pp.  Portrait. 
1 6°.  Leipzig,  1769 

Notwithstanding  the  many  works  ascribed  to  this  famous 
German  alchemist,  doubts  are  expressed  as  to  his  existence. 
The  first  edition  of  this  collection  by  Petraeus  was  pub- 
lished at  Hamburg  in  1717.  The  earliest  Latin  collected 
works  bear  date  1700,  also  at  Hamburg.  For  numerous 
German  editions,  see  Schmieder. 


8  THE    GROLIER  CLUB. 

ii  T3ASILIUS  VALENTINUS.  TRIUMPHANT 
-M  CHARIOT  OF  ANTIMONY,  with  annotations 
of  Theodore  Kirkringius.  With  the  true  book 
of  Synesius,  concerning  the  Philosopher's 
Stone,  [xvi]-  176  pp.  12°.  London,  1678 

The  Latin  version  was  published  at  Amsterdam  in  1671, 
in  12?. 


12  DECKER,  JOHANN  JOACHIM.  CHY- 
•D  MISCHER  GLUCKS-HAFEN  •  oder,  Grosse 
chymische  Concordantz  und  Collection  von 
1500  chymischen  Processen.  [viii]  -  810  - 
[xxxv]  pp.  Sm.  4°.  Franckfurt,  1682 

A  large  collection  of  chemical  recipes  by  a  noted  Ger- 
man physician  and  alchemist.  Becher  and  Stahl  intro- 
duced the  theory  of  phlogiston  into  chemical  science. 


13  T3ERNARDUS    TREVISANUS.        CHY- 

-D   MISCHE  SCHRIFFTEN  VON  DEM  GEBENEDEY- 

TEN  STEIN  DER  WEISEN  ;  aus  dem  Lateinischen 
ins  Teutsche  iibersetzet  mit  des  Herrn  Joachim 
Tanckens  Anmerckungen,  ans  Liecht  gestellet 
durch  Caspar  Horn. 

Contains  also :  DICTA  ALANI  ;  and  METAL- 

LURGIA,  VON   EINEM    PHILOSOPHO    HERMETICO, 

beschrieben  und  publiciret  durch  J.  Tanckium. 
[Ixxxxviii]  -  390  -  [iv]  pp.  PL  12°. 

Niirnberg,  1747 

Bernardo,  Count  of  Treviso,  b.  1406,  d.  1490,  is  also 
called  Trevirensis,  but  erroneously.  The  first  edition  of 
his  "  Opera"  appeared  at  Antwerp  in  1565,  in  French.  The 
first  in  German  was  issued  at  Strassburg,  1574. 


ALCHEMY   AND    CHEMISTRY.  9 

14  TTERTHELOT,  M.,  AND  RUELLE,  C.  E. 
-D  COLLECTION  DES  ANCIENS  ALCHIMISTES 
GRECS.      [Greek  and  French.]     2  vols.  xxviii 
-268,  1-429;  1-459  pp.    I]-    4°- 

Paris,  1887-88 

The  very  earliest  chemical  treatises  in  the  original 
(and  in  French)  are  here  reproduced  for  the  first  time,  by 
the  distinguished  editors.  An  invaluable  contribution  to 
the  history  and  bibliography  of  chemistry.  Only  150 
copies  printed,  of  which  this  is  No.  31. 

15  T>EUTHER,    DAVID.      UNIVERSAL    UND 
-D  PARTICULARIA,  worin  die  Verwandelung 
geringer  Metalle    in   Gold  und   Silber  klahr 
gelehret  wird  .  .  .  nebst  einer  Vorrede  J.    C. 
Sprogels.      [xxx]  -  140  -  [iv]  pp.    PI.     12°. 

Hamburg,  1718 

Beuther  was  alchemist  to  Elector  Augustus  of  Saxony, 
1575  to  1582.  His  adventures,  imprisonment,  and  suicide 
are  graphically  told  by  Kunkel  and  by  Wiegleb. 

16  T>OERHAAVE,  HERMANN.  A  NEW  ME- 
JD  THOD  OF  CHEMISTRY  .  .  .   translated  by 
P.  SHAW  and  E.  CHAMBERS,   xvi-383  -  335  - 
[xliii]  pp.    PI.     4°.  London,  1727 

Translated  from  the  Latin  edition  of  1724,  issued  surrep- 
titiously, and  repudiated  by  Boerhaave,  who  published  an 
authentic  work  in  1732,  in  two  volumes. 

i6A  T>OERHAAVE,  HERMANN.  A  NEW 
-L)  METHOD  OF  CHEMISTRY  .  .  .  translated 
from  the  original  Latin  of  Dr.  Boerhaave's 
ELEMENTA  CHEMLE  as  published  by  himself. 
By  Peter  Shaw.  2  vols.,-  xxx -593;  [i]- 
4io-[xxxvii]  pp.  PI.  4°.  Third  edition. 

London, 1753 

A  translation  of  the  authentic  edition. 
I  A* 


10  THE    GROLIER   CLUB. 

17  T)OLTON,  HENRY  CARRINGTON. 
JJ  CONTRIBUTIONS  OF  ALCHEMY  TO  NUMIS- 
MATICS. 44  pp.  PL  4°.  New- York,  1890 

Read  before  the  N.  Y.  Numismatic  and  Archaeological 
Society,  Dec.  5,  1889.    175  copies  printed. 


18  T30LTON,     HENRY      CARRINGTON. 
JJ  PRIESTLEY  MEMORIAL  SCRAPBOOK. 

New- York,  1875 

This  contains  historical  records  of  the  Centennial  cele- 
bration of  Priestley's  discovery  of  oxygen,  held  at  North- 
umberland, Pa.,  Aug.  i,  1874.  It  comprises  newspaper 
cuttings,  autograph  letters  of  chemists,  broadsides,  auto- 
graphs of  chemists  attending  the  meeting,  printed  pro- 
ceedings from  the  American  Chemist,  photographs  of  scenes 
in  Northumberland,  of  the  assembled  chemists,  of  Priest- 
ley's house,  apparatus,  portrait,  etc. 


19  [T3ONUS,PETRUS.]  PRETIOSA  MARGARITA 

-U   NOVELLA    DE    THESAURO,   AC    PRETIOSIS- 

SIMO  PHILOSOPHORUM  LAPIDE  .  .  .  Collecta- 
nea ex  Arnaldo,  Rhaymundo  .  .  .  per  lanum 
Lacinium  nunc  primum  edita.  [xx]  -  202  -  [xv] 
ff.  II.  120. 

[Apud  Aldi  filios,  Venetiis,]  1546 

The  "  Pretiosa  Margarita  novella,"  was  written  about 
1330  by  Petrus  Bonus  of  Ferrara.    Cf.  LACINIUS,  JANUS. 


20  T>OREL,  PIERRE.  BIBLIOTHECA  CHI- 
-LJ  MICA;  seu,  Catalogus  librorum  philo- 
sophicorum  hermeticorum  .  .  .  [xii]-276 
pp.  32°.  Parisiis,  1654 

The  first  extensive  catalogue  of  chemical  books,  contain- 
ing, as  Borel  claims,  the  names  of  4000  authors,  but  very 
incomplete  and  unsatisfactory. 


ALCHEMY   AND    CHEMISTRY.  II 

21  "DOULTON,  SAMUEL.    MEDICINA  MAGICA 
JD  TAMEN   PHYSICA:     Magical,    but   natural 
Physick  .  .  [viii]  -  195  pp.     12°. 

London,  1656 

The  preface  is  signed  Samuel  Bolton.  The  work  treats 
of  cures  by  sympathy,  rather  than  of  alchemy. 

22  [T3OYLE,    ROBERT.]       THE     SCEPTICAL 

-D  CHYMIST;  OR,  CHYMICO-PHYSICAL  DOUBTS 
AND  PARADOXES  .  .  .  Subjoyn'd  Experiments 
and  Notes  about  the  Pro<  ucibleness  of  Chymi- 
cal  Principles,  [xxi]  -  44  :>  —  [xxvii]  -  268  pp. 
1 6°.  Oxford,  1680 

First  edition  was  published  in  1661.  This  is  the  first  clear 
statement  of  the  molecular  or  atomic  idea  in  chemical ' 
philosophy,  and  is  by  the  distinguished  Irish  experimental 
philosopher. 

23  T3OYLE,  ROBERT.    THE  WORKS  OF  ROB- 
D  ERT  BOYLE,  epitomized  by  Richard  Boul- 
ton.     4  vols.,  12°:  I,  [xxviii] -482- [xii]  pp. 
Portrait  and  8  PL;    II,  [x]~523- [ixj  pp.   7 
PL;   m,[xiv]-552-[viii]pp.5Pl.;  IV,  [xii] 
-365  -  [vii]-  122  pp.          London,  1699-1700 

The  importance  of  Boyle's  discoveries  and  the  diffuse- 
ness  of  his  style  led  to  the  issue  of  two  abridged  editions 
of  his  collected  works,  the  above,  and  a  subsequent  one 
by  Peter  Shaw,  in  3  vols.  4*0.,  London,  1725.  Boyle's 
complete  works,  edited  by  Birch,  were  published  in  5  vols. 
folio,  London,  1744. 

24  13RUNSCHWICK,  IHERONIMUS.     Li- 

-D    BER     DE     ARTE    DISTILLANDI     DE     COMPO- 

SITIS  ...  [i]  -  344  -  [vi]  fT.  Plates.  Folio. 
[Colophon:]  Strassburg,  1512 

The  first  edition  was  published  in  1500;  an  English 
translation  by  Laurence  Andrew  was  published  at  London 
in  1527,  in  folio. 

IB 


12  THE    GROLIER   CLUB. 

25  pLAVIER  DU  PLESSIS.     MYTHO-HER- 
^  METISCHES    ARCHIV.       Ein  periodisches 
Werk.    Aus  dem  Franzosischen.    Erster  Band. 
160-32  pp.  18°.  Gotha,  1780 

This  periodical  devoted  to  alchemy  died  with  the  first 
number. 

26  pAMBRIEL,  L.  P.  F.     COURS  DE  PHILO- 

V-/   SOPHIE  HERMETIQUE  OU   D'ALCHIMIE    .    .   * 

215  pp.    PL    12°.  Paris,  1843 

The  author  claims  to  teach  the  secrets  of  transmutation 
in  nineteen  lessons,  and  offers  a  premium  of  25,000  francs 
for  each  loop  francs  loaned  him  toward  completing  his  dis- 
covery. His  address  in  Paris  is  Judas  street ! 

27  ...  CHYMICA  VANNUS   .    .  .  INVENTA 

.  .  .  PER    MYSTERIARCHAM    MERCURIUM    VELUT 
VIOCURIUM,     SEU    MEDICURIUM    .    .    .    292  -'[ii] 

—  76 -[i]  pp.     Sm.  4°.     Amstelodami,  1666 

The  76  pages  at  the  end  contain,  by  the  same  author, 

COMMENTATIO  DE   PHARMACO  CATHOLICO   ...    a  SCF- 

monismo  in  Latinismum  trajecta. 

28  pOHAUSEN,     JOHANN     HEINRICH. 
^s  LUMEN  NOVUM   PHOSPHORIS  ACCENSUM; 
sive,  Exercitatio    physico-chymica    de    causa 
lucis  in  Phosphoris.  .  . .  [xxvi]-3o6-[xviii]  pp. 
PL    24°.    Engraved  title-page. 

Amstelodami,  1717 

An  early  work  on  phosphorescence,  with  several  inter- 
esting plates,  by  a  physician  of  Minister,  b.  1665,  d.  1750. 

29  COLLECTANEA  CHYMICA;  A  COLLEC- 

^    TION    OF   TEN   TREATISES    IN    CHYMISTRY, 

concerning  the  Liquor  Alkahest,  the  Mercury 
of  Philosophers.  .  .  .  193-32-16  pp.     12°. 

London,  1684 

Contains  essays  by  Eir.  Philaletha,  Anony- 
mus,  J.  B.  Van  Helmont,  Fr.  Antonie,  Bern- 


ALCHEMY   AND    CHEMISTRY.  13 

hard,  Earl  of  Trevisan,  Sir  Geo.  Ripley,  Rog. 
Bacon,  Geo.  Starkey,  and  Sir  Hugh  Platt; 
also  the  Tomb  of  Semiramis. 

Appended  is  George  Starkey's  "  Pill  Vindicated."    See 
WILSON,  GEORGE. 


30  COOPER,  WILLIAM.  THE  PHILOSOPHI- 
v-'  CAL  EPITAPH  OF  WILLIAM  COOPER.  Also, 
A  BRIEF  OF  THE  GOLDEN  CALF  (The  World's 
Idol),  by  J.  F.  Helvetius.  And  the  GOLDEN 

ASS    WELL    MANAGED,    and    MlDAS    RESTORED 

TO  REASON,  by  J.  R.  Glauber.  With  JEHIOR, 
OR  THE  DAY-DAWNING,  OR  LIGHT  OF  WIS- 
DOM. With  a  Catalogue  of  Chymical  Books. 
[xvii]-i6-[vi] —  [x]-4i — [xi] -36-56 — [xviii] 
-78-[v]  —  [Ixxxviijpp.  PL  18°. 

London,  1673 

Engraved  title.  The  date  of  the  catalogue 
is  1675. 

Helvetius's  "  Vitulus  Aureus  "  was  published  at  Amster- 
dam in  1667.  The  story  of  the  conversion  of  this  Dutch 
physician  to  a  belief  in  transmutation  is  very  entertaining. 
Cooper's  bibliography  is  not  without  value. 


31  /^ROLL,  OSWALD.  HERMETISCHER  PRO- 
^  BIER  STEIN.  .  .  .  von  Johann  Hartmann. 
Neben  angehengten  Crollischen  Tractatlein 
von  den  innerlichen  Signaturen  oder  Zeichen 
aller  Dinge  und  dem  Hermetischen  Wunder- 
baum  ins  Teutsche  versetzet.  [viii]-392  — 
[xvi]  -  6 1  —  [x]  -  83  pp.  II.  PL  Sm.  4°. 

Frankfurt  am  Mayn,  1647 

The  engraved  title-page  reads :  Basilica  chymica,  oder 
Alchymistisch  koniglich  Kleynod  .  .  .  The  half-title: 
Chymisch  Kleynod  .  .  .  First  edition  was  published  in 
1608. 


14  THE    GROLIER   CLUB. 

32  /^ROLL,   OSWALD.     BAZILICA  CHYMICA 
V/  ET  PRAXIS  CHYMIATRIOE  ;   or  Royal  and 
Practical  Chemistry.     In  three  Treatises.  .  .  . 
being  a  translation  of  OSWALD  CROLLIUS  HIS 
ROYAL    CHYMISTRY  ...  by   John  Hartman. 
.  .  .  Signatures  of  Internal  Things.  .  .  .  The 
Practice   of    Chymistry   by    John    Hartman. 
[vi] -i8o-[xvi]-37-[xi]-i86-[xix]  pp.    Sm. 
folio.  London,  1670 

Croll  was  a  follower  of  Paracelsus,  and  introduced 
several  medicines  useful  to  the  physician. 

33  T^ALTON,  JOHN.     A   NEW   SYSTEM   OF 
-L'  CHEMICAL  PHILOSOPHY.    2  parts  :  vi,  [i]  - 
220;  viii,  from  221-560  pp.    PL    8°. 

Manchester  [and]  London,  1 808-10 

An  epoch-making  work  in  which  the  immortal  author 
established  the  atomic  theory  of  chemistry. 

34  T^E  ALCHEMIA  DIALOGI  DUO  .  .  . 
-LJ  147  pp.     12°.  Lugduni,  1548 

One  dialogue  gives  the  opinions  of  Geber,  and  the  other 
gives  those  of  Raymondus  Lullius. 

35  T^ONATO    D'EREMITA    (FRA).      DELL' 
-L'  ELIXIR  VIT^:.     Libri  quattro.     [xii]-i82 
pp.     19  pi.     Sm.  folio.  Napoli,  1624 

Two  copies  ;  with  one  is  bound: 

DONATO    D'EREMITA    (ERA).      ANTI- 
DOTARIO.     Diviso  in  libri  tre.     [vi]-i42 
pp.     II.     Sm.  folio.  Napoli,  1639 

Very  little  seems  to  be  known  of  this  author.  He  is  not 
mentioned  by  Schmieder,  Borel,  Kopp's  Geschichte, 
Kopp's  Alchemie,  Hoefer,  Gmelin,  Roth-Schpltz,  or  Fuchs. 
Lenglet  Du  Fresnoy  catalogues  only  the  Elixir  Vitae,  and 
adds:  "On  voit  que  jusques  a  ces  derniers  temps,  les 
Religieux  ne  sont  pas  difficulte  de  se  meler  de  la  science 


ALCHEMY   AND    CHEMISTRY. 


Herme'tique.  Et  il  vaut  mieux  qu'ils  s'y  appliquent  que 
de  faire  d'autres  choses,  qui  ne  leur  conviennent  pas." 
Vol.  Ill,  p.  147.  Of  the  Antidotario  only  one  Book  was 
published. 

36  T^REBBEL,     CORNELIUS.       GRONDIGE 

*J    OPLOSSINGE   VAN   DE   NATUUR   EN    EYGEN- 

SCHAPPEN  DER  ELEMENTEN  .  .  .  ;  als  mede 
een  klare  beschryving  van  de  quinta  essentia 
.  .  .  24-108  pp.  PL  24°.  Amsteldam,  1732 

The  engraved  title-page  is  dated  1709.  Contains  a 
woodcut  and  description  of  an  experiment  that  has  caused 
the  author  to  be  erroneously  credited  with  the  invention  of 
the  thermometer.  The  first  edition  in  Latin  was  published 
in  1621. 

37  TWVAL,  ROBERT  [ROBERTUS  VAL- 

-LJ  LENSIS].  DE  VERITATE  ET  ANTIQVI- 
TATE  ARTIS  CHEMISE  ET  PULVERIS.  ...  46 

pp.  1 6°.  Lugduni-Batavorum,  1593 

The  FIRST  history  of  chemistry.  The  first  edition  was 
published  at  Paris  in  1561.  Professor  John  Ferguson,  of 
Glasgow,  published  in  1886  a  critical  bibliography  of 
Duval,  noted  for  accurate  and  profound  scholarship. 

This  copy  of  Duval  s  work  has  bound  with  it : 

DE    TRANSFIGURATIONE    METAL. 
LORVM  .  .  .   Libellus,    MORIENO    Ro' 
MANO  .  .   .  Accessit   .  .  .  XPTHOPPHMHIV, 
sive  de  arte  chymica  dialogus.     79  pp.     16°. 
Hanoviae  ad  Moenum,  1593 

This  edition  of  Morienus  is  unknown  to  Professor  Fer- 
guson. 

38  l^DELGEBORNE  (DIE)  JUNGFER  AL- 
JL/  CHYMIA  .  .  .  [xxiv]-424  pp.     12°. 
Two  copies.  Tubingen,  1730 

An  anecdotal  history  of  transmutations.  The  author  con- 
ceals his  name  in  the  motto  :  Victrix  Fortunae  SaPientia. 

IB* 


1 6  THE    GROLIER   CLUB. 

39  T^LEAZAR,  ABRAHAM.   URALTES  CHYMI- 
JLy  SCHES    WERK    .    .    .    nebst  zugehorigen 
Kupffern,  Figuren,  Gefassen,  Oefen  .  .  .  wie 
auch  beygefugten  Schliissel.     In  II  Theilen. 
[xxx]-i22 — [xvi]-87-[xxvii]  pp.    12°.     PI. 

Erfurt,  1735 

Hermann  Kopp,  the  eminent  historian  of  alchemy,  states 
he  has  never  seen  this  (first)  edition.  Part  II.  has  the 
title :  Donum  Dei  Samuelis  Baruch. 

40  pICTULD,    HERMANN.      DER  LANGST 

-T  GEWUNSCHTE  UND  VERSPROCHENE  CHY- 
MISCH-PHILOSOPHISCHE  PROBIER-STEIN,  auf 

welchem  sowohl  der  wahrhafften  hermetischen 
Adeptorum  als  der  verfuhrischen  und  be- 
triigerischen  Sophisten  Schrifften  sind  probirt 
.  .  .  und  beschrieben  in  zweyen  Classen.  .  .  . 
2  pts.  in  i  vol.  170,  171  pp.  12°. 

Franckfort  und  Leipzig,  1753 

The  author  divides  all  chemical  writers  into  adepts  (who 
know  the  secrets  of  transmutation)  and  sophisters  (who 
only  pretend  to  this  art) ;  alphabetizing  under  each  head. 

41  pLAMEL,  NICOLAS.    HISTOIRE  CRITIQUE 
A    DE  FLAMEL,  ET  DE  PERNELLE  SA  FEMME  ; 
par  M.  L.  V.  .  .  .  [Villain.]     [xii]  -  403  -  [iv] 
pp.     PL     12°.  Paris,  1761 

Portrait  inserted.  The  author  makes  a  critical  examina- 
tion of  original  documents,  and  shows  the  baselessness  of 
the  claims  made  by  alchemists  regarding  Flamel. 

42  [TRUCKS,  G.  F.  C.]  REPERTORIUM  DER  CHE- 

-F  MISCHEN  LITTERATUR  von  494  vor  Christi 
Geburt  bis  1806  in  chronologischer  Ordnung. 
2  Bd. :  viii-648  pp.;  vi-694  pp.  12°. 

Jena  und  Leipzig,  1806-11. 

Was  completed  only  to  1799  inclusive.  Vol.  II.  contains 
no  Index. 


ALCHEMY   AND    CHEMISTRY.  17 

43  /^EBER.     WORKS,  faithfully  Englished  by 
vJ  R[ichard]  Rfussell].    [xvi]~302pp.    12°. 

London,  1678 

Geber,  properly  Abu-Mussa-Djafar  al  Spfi,  was  an  Ara- 
bian physician  of  the  eighth  century.  His  Arabic  manu- 
scripts are  preserved  in  Leyden,  Paris,  and  Rome.  The 
first  Latin  versions  were  published  at  Strassburg,  1529,  in 
folio ;  Bern,  1545,  4to,  etc.  His  small  treatises  are  found 
in  many  modern  languages  and  numerous  editions. 

44  PLAUBER,     JOHANN     RUDOLPH. 

vJT  WORKS,  CONTAINING  GREAT  VARIETY  OF 

CHOICE    SECRETS  IN  MEDICINE   AND  ALCHYMY. 

.  .  .  translated  into  English  by  C.  PACKE. 
[xii]  -  440  —  [iv]  -220-92-  [xi]  pp.  Plates. 
Folio.  London,  1689 

The  distinguished  discoverer  of  Glauber's  salts  left  more 
than  forty  treatises,  some  of  which  were  collected  and  pub- 
lished in  German  in  1656  and  1661. 

45  [pRASSHOF,  JOHANN.]    DYAS  CHYMICA 

vT  TRIPARTITA;  das  ist,  Sechs  herrliche 
teutsche  philosophische  Tractatlein,  durch  H. 
C.  D.  [D.  Hermannus  Condeesyanus.]  87 
-150 pp.  PL  12°.  Franckfurtam  Mayn,  1625 

The  6  tracts  are:  lAn  anonymous  work,  "  Vom  philoso- 
phischen  Steine  " ;  2  Henr.  Madathanus  "  Aureum  Seculum 
redivivum  "  ;  3  Vier  Tractatlein,  Bas.  Valentini ;  *  Lampert 
Spring's  "  Lambspring"  ;  5An  anonymous  tract  of  1423; 
6  The  anonymous  "  Liber  Alze." 

The  publisher,  L.  Jennis,  issues  with  this :  "  Hermetico- 
Spagyrisches  Lustgartlein,"  containing  6  pp.  of  text, 
and  14  folded  plates,  on  10  of  which  are  about  160  chemical 
emblems,  first  published  in  J.  D.  Mylius's  "  Opus  Medico- 
chymicum."  Two  copies  of  the  latter. 

46  /^UERICKE,  OTTO  VON.     EXPERIMENTA 

vJ"  NOVA  (ut  vocantur)  MAGDEBURGICA  DE 
VACUO  SPATIO  .  .  .  nunc  perfectius  edita  .  .  . 
[xiv]-244-[v]  pp.  Portrait  and  Plates.  Folio. 

Amstelodami,  1672 

This  well-known  work  contains  cuts  of  the  air-pump  and 
of  the  friction  electrical  machine  invented  by  the  author,  a 
burgomaster  of  Magdeburg. 


1 8  THE    GROLIER   CLUB. 

47  pUYTON  DE  MORVEAU,  LOUIS  BER- 
vJ  NARD.     METHODE   DE  NOMENCLATURE 
CHIMIQUE,  propos6e  par  MM.  de   Morveau, 
Lavoisier,  Berthollet,  et  de  Fourcroy;  on  y  a 
joint    un    nouveau    systeme    de    caracteres 
chimiques,  par  MM.  Hassenfratz  et  Adet.    [iii] 
-314  pp.     PI.     8°.  Paris,  1787 

The  corner-stone  of  modern  chemical  terminology. 

48  TT ALES,  (REV.)  STEPHEN.     VEGETABLE 
J-l  STATICKS;  or,  an  Account  of  Statical  Ex- 
periments on  the  Sap  in  Vegetables  .  .  .  Also, 
a  Specimen  of  an  Attempt  to  Analyze  the  Air. 

•  •  •  [vii]~[ix]-376  PP-    PL    I2°- 

London, 1727 

A  remarkable  contribution  to  the  chemistry  of  the  atmo- 
sphere before  the  days  of  Black,  Priestley,  and  their  con- 
temporaries, by  a  divine  and  botanist. 

49  TTELVETIUS,  J.  F.     [Ger.   SCHWEITZER.] 
JL!  THEATRIDIUM  HERCULIS  TRIUMPHANTIS; 
ofte  kleyn  Schouwtoonel  van  den  triumphe- 
renden  Hercules.  .  *  .     [xvi]-i99   pp.    Por- 
trait.    12°.  's  Graven-Hage,  1663 

A  work  by  the  Dutch  physician  who  afterwards  became 
a  zealous  alchemist  and  author  of  "Vitulus  aureus."  Cf. 
COOPER,  WILLIAM. 

50  UOFFMANN JOHANN  MORITZ.  ACTA 
il  LABORATORII  CHEMICI  ALTDORFINI.  .  .  . 
[iv]- 288-54 -[xiv]  pp.     Portrait.     Sm.  4°. 

Norimbergae  et  Altdorfii,  1719 
The  two  appendices  are  entitled :  Auctuarium 
and  Laboratorium  novum  chemicum. 

Probably  the  first  work  issued  from  a  chemical  labora- 
tory and  dealing  with  experiments  conducted  therein. 


ALCHEMY   AND    CHEMISTRY.  19 

51  TTOLLAND,  JOHANN  ISAAK.      SAMM- 

-d    LUNG   CHYMISCHER  SCHRIFTEN  .  .  .    NeUC 

Auflage.  .  .  .  [xvi]  -  762  pp.    Plates.    12°. 

Wien,  1773 

Schmieder  says  Johann  and  Isaac  were  father  and  son. 
They  lived  in  the  fifteenth  century,  and  are  accounted  suc- 
cessful adepts  in  transmutation. 

52  TOHNSON,  WILLIAM.    LEXICON  CHYMI- 
J   CUM  ;  cum  obscuriorum  verborum  et  rerum 
hermeticarum  .  .  .  planam  explicationem  con- 
tinens.     [xvi] -250  pp.     16°.     London,  1652 

The  first  edition.  Reprinted  in  Manget's  "Bibliotheca 
chemica  curiosa,"  1702.  Not  so  full  as  Martin  Ruland's 
lexicon,  q.  v. 

53  T^RIEGSMANN,    WILHELM     CHRIS- 
-*•*•  TOPH.    TAAUT,  ODER  AUSSLEGUNG  DER 

CHYMISCHEN   ZEICHEN    .    .    .    [iv]  -  75  -  [iv]  pp. 

Plates.     1 8°.  Franckfurt,  1665 

Bound  with  Andrea's  "  Chymische  Hochzeit." 

54  T  ACINIUS,  JANUS  [OF  CALABRIA].    PRE- 
JL'  TIOSA  MARGARITA,  ODER  NEU-ERFUNDENE 
KOSTLICHE  PERLE,  VON  DEM  .  .  .  STEIN  DER 
WEISEN.  ...  in  das  Teutsche  iibersetzet  von 
Wollfgang     Georg     Stollen.       [xxiv]-468- 
[xxxvi]  pp.   Sm.  4°.     II.  Leipzig,  1714 

A  German  version  of  No.  19. 

55  T  AVOISIER,    ANTOINE     LAURENT. 
J-"  OPUSCULES    PHYSIQUES    ET    CHYMIQUES. 
2  pts.  in  i  vol.   [i]  -xxx  -  [i]  -436  pp.    Plates. 
8°.  Paris,  1774 

Published  in  the  year  that  Priestley  discovered  oxygen, 
and  gives  a  historical  summary  of  the  chemical  knowledge 
of  gases  to  that  date  by  a  master-hand. 


20  THE    GROLIER   CLUB. 

56  T  AVOISIER,    ANTOINE     LAURENT. 
JL'  TRAITE  ELEMENTAIRE  DE  CHIMIE.    2  vols. 
xliv-322;  viii-from  323 10653- [ii]  pp.  Fold- 
ing plates.     8°.  Paris,  1789 

[Le  me'me.]    2e  edition.    2  vols. :  xliv-322; 
vih-33i  pp.     Folding  plates.     8°. 

Paris,  1793 

The  first  text-book  presenting  the  French  systematic 
nomenclature,  and  abandoning  the  phlogistic  tneory. 

57  T  EFEBVRE,  NICOLAS.    TRAICTE  DE  LA 
A-'  CHYMIE  ...  2   vols.  i    [lxvi]~556;  [i]  - 
from  557  to  I2i6-[xxi]  pp.     24°. 

Leyde,  1669 

Also  with  engraved  title-pages.  The  first  edition  was 
issued  in  1660.  Lefebvre  was  demonstrator  of  chemistry  at 
the  Jardin  des  Plantes.  His  work  is  logical,  systematic, 
and  free  from  affectation  of  mystery. 

58  T  EMERY,   NICOLAS.      A    COURSE    OF 
-L/  CHYMISTRY  .  .  . ;  with  APPENDIX.    Trans- 
lated by  Walter  Harris,    [xxxiv]  -  323  -  [xv]  — 
[xv]-  140  -[xii]  pp.      12°.      London,    1680. 

The  title-page  to  "A  Course  of  Chymistry  " 
is  dated  1677. 

A  translation  of  the  first  edition  of  Lemery's  "  Cours  de 
Chymie,"  1675.  This  work  went  through  fourteen  editions 
in  French,  and  was]  translated  into  German,  Italian,  and 
Spanish. 

59  [T  ENGLET  DU  FRESNOY,  NICOLE.] 

-L'    HlSTOIRE    DE    LA    PHILOSOPHIE    HERME- 

TIQUE,  accompagne'e  d'un  catalogue  raisonne 
des  £crivains  de  cette  science  ...  3  vols. 
xxiii-5o6;  xxxii-  120-360  ;  xxii-432  pp. 
12°.  Paris,  1742 

Portrait  inserted. 

This  credulous  author  includes  among  the  alchemists, 
the  sons  of  Noah,  Moses,  Cleopatra,  and  Caligula.  The 


ALCHEMY   AND    CHEMISTRY.  21 


bibliography  is  nevertheless  useful,  comprising  one  thou- 
sand authors ;  his  notes  are  often  amusing.  For  his  life 
and  writings,  see  Michault,  J.  B. 

60  T  ERMINA,  JULES    [EDITOR].     COLLEC- 
•*-'  TION  D'OUVRAGES  RELATIFS  AUX  SCIENCES 
HERM£TIQUES  :   L'or  et  la  transmutation  des 
Metaux,  par  G.  T.  Tiffereau.      Memoires  et 
conferences  precedes  de  Paracelse  et  Talchi- 
mie  au  i6e  siecle,  par  M.  Franck.     ix-  182  — 
[i]  pp.    12°.  Paris,  1889 

Tiffereau's  extraordinary  claim  to  transmutation  first 
appeared  at  Paris  in  1855. 

6 1  T  IBAVIUS    [Ger.   LIBAU],    ANDREAS. 
J-/  ALCHYMIA,    RECOGNITA,    EMENDATA,    ET 
AUCTA  .  .  .  [xx]  - 196-  [xii]  -  [x]  -  402  -  192  - 
[x]  pp.    II.    Folio.    '  Francofurti,  1606 

The  first  edition  was  dated  1595.  This  has  been  called 
the  First  Text-book  of  Chemistry.  It  contains,  however, 
a  chapter  on  the  philosopher's  stone. 

62  T  IBER    MUTUS.     [i]-43PP-    *7   Plates. 
JLrf  Sm.  4°.     N.  p.  n.  d.     Manuscript. 

The  fifteen  engraved  plates  of  the  "  Liber  Mutus,"m 
this  French  manuscript  colored  by  hand,  were  first  published 
by  Denis  Tolls',  of  Rochelle,i677,  and  were  the  work  of  Jacob 
Saulat  De'marets,  who  anagrammatized  his  name  as  Altus. 
The  fifteen  plates  pretend  to  portray  the  secrets  of  trans- 
mutation, but  are  intelligible  only  to  adepts. 

Pages  7-43  contain:  ''Description  du  fourneau  ou 
Athanor  philosophique, "  with  two  plates. 

This  neatly  written  manuscript  dates  probably  about  the 
close  of  last  century. 

63  T  ULLIUS,  RAYMONDUS.  ARBOR  SCIEN- 
lv  TDE.     [iv]-68i-[xix]  pp.    PL    Sm.  4°. 

[Lugdunum,]  1515 

Lully  is  credited  with  five  hundred  writings,  of  which 
only  a  small  number  treat  of  alchemy.  Schmieder  cata- 
logues twenty-five  regarded  by  him  as  genuine. 


22  THE    GROLIER   CLUB. 

64  T  ULLIUS,   RAYMONDUS.     CODICILLUS 
-L'  SEU  VADE  MECUM  quo  fontes  alchimicae 
artis  ac   philosophiae  reconditions   traduntur. 
2d  ed.     248  pp.    12°.  Colonise,  1572 

Lully's  Last  Testament  was  greatly  valued  by  the  al- 
chemists for  centuries.  It  passed  through  many  editions. 

65  T  ULLIUS,  RAIMONDUS.      LA    CLAVI- 
-L'  CULE,  ou  LA  SCIENCE  DE   LULLI;   avec 
toutes  les  figures  de  rh6torique,  par  le  Sieur 
Jacob ;  et   la  vie  [de]  Lulli  par  M.  Colletet. 
[xxix]  -  252-[iv]  pp.     12°.  Paris,  [1646] 

66  TV  TAIER,  MICHAEL.     EXAMEN  FUCORUM 
1V1  PSEUDO-CHYMICORUM.    47  pp.    Vignette. 
Sm.  4°.  Francofurti,  1617 

Bound  with  ' '  Atalanta  fugiens. "  The  author  was  physi- 
cian to  Rudolph  II.  of  Germany.  His  mystical  and  well 
illustrated  works  are  sought  by  bibliophiles.  He  gave  an 
alchemical  interpretation  to  Greek  and  Roman  mythology. 

67  TV TAIER,  MICHAEL.  ATALANTA  FUGIENS  ; 
iVl  hoc  est,  Emblemata  nova  de  secretis  na- 
turae chymica  .  .  .  figuris  cupro  incisis,  adjec- 
tisque  sententiis  .  .  .  plus  minus  50  fugis  mu- 
sicalibus  trium  vocum  .  .  .  211 -[in]  pp.    Sm. 
4°.  Oppenheimii,  1 6 1 8 

Republished  in  1687,  but  without  the  music,  under  the 
title  "  Scrutinium  chymicum." 

68  TV /TAIER,  MICHAEL.      SCRUTINIUM  CHY- 
1VJL  MICUM  .  .  .    iterata  vice   .  .  .    deprom- 
tum.     [vi]-i5opp.     II.     Sm.  4°. 

Francofurti,  1687 

A  reissue  of  "Atalanta  fugiens,"  but  omitting  the  music. 


"M 


ALCHEMY   AND    CHEMISTRY.  23 

AIER,  MICHAEL.     CHYMISCHES  CAB- 
INET    DERER     GROSSEN    GEHEIMNUSSEN 

DER  NATUR  durch  Kupfferstiche  und  Emble- 
mata  ...  in  das  Hochteutsche  iibersetzet  von 
G.  A.  K.  .  .  .  [iv]  -  153  pp.  II.  Sm.  40. 

Franckfurt,  1708 

A  German  version  of  ' '  Scrutinium  Chymicum  "  (No.  68). 

70  A  /TAIER,  MICHAEL.    ARCANA  ARCANIS- 
1V1  SIMA;  hoc  est,  Hieroglyphica  ^Egyptio- 
Graeca  ...  ad  demonstrandam  falsorum  apud 
antiques  deonim   .    .    .   originem   .    .    .    [xii] 
-  285  -  [xiv]  pp.     Sm.  40.  S.  1.  [1614  ?] 

Lenglet  Du  Fresnoy  says  of  this:    "Tres  rare,   tres 
curieux,  et  recherche'  des  amateurs." 

71  IV  TAIER,    MICHAEL.    SYMBOLA    AURE.E 

IVl    MENS.E    DUODECIM    NATIONUM ;   hoc    CSt, 

Hermaea,  seu  Mercurii  festa  ab  heroibus  duo- 
denis  selectis  artis  chymicae  usu,  sapientia  et 
authoritate  paribus  celebrata  .  .  .  [xx]-62i- 
[xlii]pp.  II.  Portrait.  Sm.4°.  Francofurti,i6i7 

72  ly/TAIER,   MICHAEL.    TRIPUS   AUREUS; 
IVl  hoc  est,  Tres  tractatus  chymici,  nempe, 

I.  Basilii  Valentini  Practica  ...  ex  Germanico; 

II.  Thomae  Nortoni  Crede  mihi  seu  Ordinale 
in  Latinum  translatum;  III.  Cremeri  Testa- 
mentum  .  .  .   196  pp.  Portrait.   II.    Sm.  4°. 

Francofurti,  1618 

Norton's  "Ordinall"  in  English  is  found  in  Ashmole's 
"Theatrum,"  q.  v. 

73  IVyfAIER,   MICHAEL.     VIATORIUM;  hoc 
iVJ.  est,  De  montibus  planetarum  septem  seu 
metallorum   ...  136  pp.     II.     Sm.  4°. 

Oppenheimii,  1618 
Two  copies,  one  bound  with  "  Tripus  aureus." 


24  THE    GROLIER  CLUB. 

74  TV/TANGET,  J.   J.    BIBLIOTHECA  CHEMICA 
1V1  CURIOSA;     seu,   Rerum    ad   alchemiam 
pertinentium  thesaurus    ...     2   vols.     938; 
904  pp.     Portrait  and  plates.     Folio. 

Genevse,  1702 

A  collection  of  133  treatises  on  alchemy.  The  biblio- 
graphical notes  are  not  without  value. 

75  TV/fANUSCRIPT.  Transcription  of  Work  by 
-LV-  JOANNES  DE  PADUA,  composed  in  1212. 
148  pp.     N.  d.  n.  p. 

Neatly  written  in  German  script. 

76  IVTARAT,  JEAN  PAUL.   RECHERCHES  PHY- 

-LV1    SIQUES  SURLE   FEU.      [Hi]   -  2O2  -   [H]  pp. 

Plates.     80.  Paris,  1780 

One  of  the  several  treatises  by  this  physician  published 
before  he  entered  on  his  career  as  a  bloodthirsty  dema- 
gogue of  the  Reign  of  Terror. 

77  TV/TATHEW,  RICHARD.  THE  UNLEARNED 
iVJL  ALCHYMIST  HIS  ANTIDOTE  ;  or,  A  more 
full  .  .  .  Explanation  of  the  Use,  Virtue  and 
Benefit  of  my  Pill.  .  .  .  [xv]-204  pp.     12°. 

London,  1662 
See  note  to  WILSON,  GEORGE. 

78  TV/TEDICINISCH-CHYMISCH    UND  AL- 
1V1  CHEMISTISCHES  ORACULUM  . .  . 
[vi]-  71  pp.     PL     8°.  Ulm,  1772 

A  collection  of  over  2000  signs,  symbols,  and  secret 
characters  used  by  alchemists  to  designate  substances, 
apparatus  and  processes.  Cf.  SOMMERHOFF. 

79  [TVTICHAULT,  JEAN  BERNARD.]     ME- 

-LV1.    MOIRES  POUR  SERVIR  A  I/HISTOIRE  de  la 

vie  et  des  ouvrages  de  M.  L'ABBE  LENGLET 
Du  FRESNOY.   Pp.  225.    18°.     Londres,  1761 

Contains  a  full  bibliography,  with  annotations. 

"JY/TORIENUS.—  See  under  DUVAL. 


ALCHEMY   AND    CHEMISTRY.  25 

80  IVTUS^UM  HERMETICUM  REFORMA- 
1V1  TUM  ET  AMPLIFICATUM  .  .  .  continens 
Tractatus  chimicos  XXI  .  .  .  [viii]-863  pp. 
PL  Sm.  4° 

Francofurti,  apud  Herm.  a  Sande,  1678 

Also  with  engraved  title-page. 

The  first  edition,  dated  1625,  Frankfurt,  contained  only 
nine  treatises.  The  present  one  contains  twenty-one;  a 
serviceable  collection. 


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STEN,  HANS  VON.   EINE  GROSSE  HERZ- 

STARKUNG   FUR   DIE    CHYMISTEN   .    .    .   im 

Kloster  zu    Oderberg  seit    1426  aufbehalten 
durch  Von  Osten.  .  .  [xv]-io8pp.   PL    12°. 

Berlin,  1771 


82  PARACELSUS.    [AUREOLUS  PHILLI- 
1  PUS  THEOPHRASTUS  BOMBAST  VON 
HOHENHEIM.]     OPERA   OMN^MEDICO- 

CHEMICO-CHIRURGICA.      3   VOls.  :      34-828-39  ; 

22-718-32;  12-212-37  pp.     Portrait.    Folio. 

Genevae,  1658 

The  editions  of  Paracelsus  are  numbered  by  scores,  and 
would  form  a  library  by  themselves.  They  have  been 
catalogued  by  Dr.  Friedrich  Mook  (Wiirzburg,  1876),  who 
is,  however,  justly  criticized  by  Prof.  John  Ferguson,  of 
Glasgow  (1877  and  1885).  The  collection  of  Paracelsus's 
works  formed  by  Dr.  Constantine  Hering  of  Philadelphia  > 
is  preserved  in  the  library  of  the  Homceopathic  Medical 
College  in  that  city. 

83  PARACELSUS.    [AUREOLUS  PHILLI- 
1  PUS  THEOPHRASTUS  BOMBAST  VON 
HOHENHEIM.]      OF    THE     NATURE    OF 
THINGS,  nine  books.     (In  SENDIVOGIUS,  M. 
New  Light  of  Alchymie.    1650.) 

Inserted  portrait. 


26  THE    GROLIER   CLUB. 

84  pASCAL,  BLAISE.     TRAITEZ  DE  L'EQUI- 

-L   LIBRE  DES  LIQUEURS,  ET  DE   LA  PESANTEUR 
DE    LA    MASSE    DE    L'AIR   .    .    .    [xxvi]-238   pp. 

PI.     1 60.  Paris,  1698 

The  author  first  applied  the  barometer  to  measurement 
of  heights  on  the  Tour  St.  Jacques  (still  one  of  the  beauti- 
ful towers  of  Paris),  and  on  the  Puy  de  Dome  in  1648. 
His  name  is  indelibly  associated  with  the  Port  Royalists. 

85  pERNETY,  A.  J.     DICTIONNAIRE  MYTHO 

1   HERMETIQUE     .     .     .    xxiv~546  pp.      12°. 

Paris,  1787 

86  pERNETY,  A.  J.  LES  FABLES  £GYPTIENNES 
-t    ET    GRECQUES,    devoile'es   et  reduites  au 
meme    principe;    avec  une    explication  des 
hi£roglyphes,  et  de  la  guerre  de  Troye.  2  vols. 
xvi  -  580  -  [iv] ;  [iii]-627-[v]pp.    12°. 

Paris,  1758 

In  both  these  works  the  author  amplifies  ideas  advanced 
by  Michael  Maier,  a  century  earlier. 

87  pETTUS,  (SIR)    JOHN.      FLETA  MINOR. 
A    THE    LAWS    OF   ART   AND    NATURE   in 
Knowing,  Judging,  Assaying  .  .  .  and  Inlarg- 
ing  the  Bodies  of  Confin'd  Metals;  in  two 
parts  .  .  .     [xlii]-34S;  [viii]-i3O  pp.     Por- 
trait.    44  pi.     Folio.  London,  1686 

Part  i  contains  "Assays  of  Lazarus  Erckern,  in  five 
books,  originally  written  in  the  Teutonick  language,  and 
now  translated  into  English." 

Part  2  contains  "  Essays  on  Metallick  Words  .  .  1683." 

88  PRIESTLEY,  (REV.)  JOSEPH.    DIREC- 

JT    TIONS    FOR    IMPREGNATING    WATER    WITH 

FIXED  AIR,  to  communicate  to  it  the  pecu- 


ALCHEMY   AND    CHEMISTRY.  27 

liar  Spirit  and  Virtues  of  Pyrmont  Water. 
[i]-iii-22pp.  PI.  12°.  London,  1772 

Portrait  inserted.  The  origin  of  modern  soda-water, 
so-called.  Priestley's  first  chemical  publication,  ante- 
dating by  two  years  his  discovery  of  oxygen. 

89  PRIESTLEY,  (REV.)  JOSEPH.   EXPERT- 

A      MENTS  AND  OBSERVATIONS  ON  DIFFERENT 

KINDS  OF  AIR.    3  vols. :    I.     xxiii-[iv]324- 

}iv]-84;  II.  xliv  -  399  -  [xv] ;  III.  xxxiv- 
vi]-4ii-[xii]pp.  PL  80. 

London, 1781-84,  1777 

Vol.  I  is  3d  edition ;  Vol.  II  is  2d  edition.  The  first  edi- 
tion of  Vol.  I  is  1774 1  Vol.  II,  1775 ;  Vol.  Ill,  1777. 

89A  PRIESTLEY,  (REV.)  JOSEPH.   EXPERI- 

A  MENTS  AND  OBSERVATIONS  RELATING 
TO  VARIOUS  BRANCHES  OF  NATURAL  PHILO- 
SOPHY ;  with  a  continuation  of  the  Observations 
on  Air.  3  vols. :  I.  xxxii-490-[iv];  II.  xx- 
[x]-4o8;  III.  xxxii-454pp.  PL  8°. 

London    [Vols.  II.-III.  Birmingham], 

1779-86 

The  most  important  works  by  the  divine  and  philosopher 
who  discovered  nine  gases  and  laid  the  foundations  of  pneu- 
matic chemistry. 

9°  "D  [ICHEBOURG],    J.    M.    D.        BIBLIO- 

IN.     THEQUE     DES     PHILOSOPHES     CHIMIQUES 

.  .  .  Nouvelle  Edition.  Par  Mons.  J.  M.  D. 
R.  4  vols. :  cxliv  -  384  -  [40] ;  5 64 ;  522- 
[4] ;  viii-  590  pp.  120.  Paris,  1740-54 

Title  of  Vol.  IV  is :  « Bibliotheque  des 
Philosophes  alchimiques  ou  herm6tiques  .  .  ." 

The  four  volumes  are  rarely  found  together,  fourteen 
years  having  elapsed  between  Vols.  Ill  and  IV.  The  work 
contains  thirty-three  treatises. 


28  THE    GROLIER   CLUB. 

91  T1IPLEY,  GEORGE.  RIPLEY  REVIV'D; 
J^-  OR,  AN  EXPOSITION  UPON  SIR  GEORGE 
RIPLEY'S  HERMETICO-POETICAL  WORKS  .  .  .  , 
written  by  Eirenaeus  Philalethes.  [xvi]  -  47  - 


18°.  London,  1678 

The  engraved  title  reads  :  "  Domus  naturae." 

Ripley's  "  Compound  of  Alchymie,"  dated  1471,  is  found 
in  Ashmole's  "  Theatrum,"  q.  v. 

92  p  IPLEY,  GEORGE.  CHYMISCHE  SCHRIFF- 
-LV  TEN  .  .  .ins  Teutsche  iibersetzet  durch 
B.    Roth-Scholtzen.      [i]  -  233  -  [iii]  pp.     PL 
12°.  Wienn,  1756 

Bound  with  Sendivogius's  "  Chymische  SchrifFten,"  1749. 
—  Contains  also  :  "Artephii  Geheimer  Haupt-Schliissel 
zu  d.  verborgenen  Stein  der  Weisen  ";  "  Das  eroffnete 
philosophische  Vatter-Hertz  an  seinen  Sohn  ..." 

93  'DIOTS  (THE),  AT  BIRMINGHAM,  JULY  1791. 
-^  xvi  -[33]  pp.    Long  8°.  ^ 

Birmingham,  1863 

Text  in  English  and  French.  Contains  eight  lithogra- 
phic views  of  the  principal  houses  destroyed  during  the 
riots,  including  that  of  Priestley.  A  reprint  of  the  edition 
of  1791. 

94  T}  OTH-SCHOLTZ,   FRIEDRICH.     BIB- 

iA.   LIOTHECA    CHEMICA.         HOC  CSt   Collectio 

auctorum  fere  omnium  qui  de  naturae  arcanis, 
re  metallica  et  minerali,  item  de  melioratione 
corporum  artificiali,  etc.,  hermetice  scripserunt 
...  5  parts  in  i  vol.  80,  49  -[328]  pp.  8°. 
Norimbergae  et  Altdorfii,  1735,  '27-29  [33] 
Fascic.  I  is  Ed.  2a  [Ed.  ia  1727].  Titles  of 
Stuck.  II.  V.  in  Latin  and  German.  Contains 
Portrait  of  Roth-Scholtz,  N.  Flamelle,  J.  F. 


ALCHEMY   AND    CHEMISTRY.  29 

Helvetius,    and     O.     Borrich. —  Continuous 
paging. 

Wretchedly  edited  and  printed,  this  bibliographical 
curiosity  is  of  no  practical  value.  It  extends  only 
through  G. 

95  pULAND,  MARTIN.      LEXICON    ALCHE- 

J&-   MLE   S1VE    DICTIONARIUM  ALCHEMISTICUM 

.  .  ,  [viii]-487  pp.     Sm.  4°. 

Frankfurt,  1612 

An  early  chemical  dictionary  by  one  of  the  court  physi- 
cians of  Rudolph  II.  of  Germany.  Of  value  in  explaining 
early  terminology. 

96  OCHEELE, CARL  WILHELM.  MEMOIRES 
^  DE    CHYMIE,   traduits    du   sue"dois   et    de 
Pallemand.    2  parts  :  [iii]  -  vi  -  269  ;  [iii]  -  vi  - 
246  pp.    PL    1 6°.  Dijon  et  Paris,  1785 

Translated  by  Mde-  P***  and  two  others; 
and  revised  and  annotated  by  M.  deMorveau. 

Scheele,  a  poor  Swedish  apothecary,  with  limited  re- 
sources made  many  and  valuable  chemical  discoveries. 

97  OCHMIEDER,     KARL      CHRISTOPH. 
O  GESCHICHTE  DER  ALCHEMIE.     x-  613  pp. 
8°.  Halle,  1832 

Written  by  a  professor  of  Cassel  to  establish  by  historic 
proofs  the  verity  of  the  transmutation  of  metals.  Abounds 
in  bibliographical  notes  of  value. 

98  OENDIVOGIUS,    MICHAEL.      A    NEW 
O  LIGHT  OF  ALCHYMIE;  added,  A  TREATISE 
OF  SULPHUR.  Also,  nine  books  OF  THE  NATURE 
OF  THINGS,  by  Paracelsus.  Also,  A  CHYMICALL 
DICTIONARY.  ...  All  translated  out  of  Latin 
into  English  by  J.  F.,  M.  D.     [xvi]-i47- 
[iii]  -  [viii]  -  145  -  [2]  pp.    Sm.  4°. 

London, 1650 


30  THE    GROLIER   CLUB. 

99  OENDIVOGIUS,  MICHAEL.  CHYMISCHE 
v3  SCHRIFFTEN  .  .  .  ans  Liecht  gestellet  durch 
F.  Roth-Scholtzen.  404  pp.  PL  12°. 

Wienn,  1749 

Contains  also  Sendivogius's  "  Epistolae  Iv";  Synesius' 
"  Chymische  Schrifften  "  ;  Basil  Valentine's  "Via  Verita- 
tis  "  ;  Ripley's  "  Schrifften  "  ;  Artephius'  "  Haupt-Schliis- 
sel"  ;  and  "  Philosophische  Vatter-Herz."  Cf.  RIPLEY, 
GEORGE. 

100  OOMMERHOFF,  J.  C.    LEXICON  PHARMA- 
O  CEUTICO-CHYMICUM,     Latino- Germanicum 
et  Germanico-Latinum  .  .  .  411  pp.    Portrait. 
Folio.  Norimbergae,  1701 

An  extensive  synonymicon  of  much  utility. 

101  OPIELMANN,  JAC.  REINBOLD.    INSTI- 

O    TUTIONES     CHEMLE.          xiv  -  309  -  [Hx]    pp. 

8°.  Argentorati,  1763 

A  second  edition  was  published  in  1766.  Contains  a 
Syllabus  Auctorum. 

102  OTARKEY,  GEORGE  [OR  STIRK].      PY- 
O  ROTECHNV  ASSERTED   AND    ILLUSTRATED 
to  be  the  Surest  .  .  .  Means  for  Art's  Triumph 
over  Nature's  Infirmities  .  .  .  [xviii]-i72  pp. 
12°.  London,  1658 

George  Stirk  was  born  in  the  Bermudas  ;  was  graduated 
at  Harvard  College  in  1646.  He  went  to  England,  and 
became  noted  for  his  chemical  medicines. 

For  a  list  of  ten  treatises  by  him,  see  J.  L.  Sibley's 
11  Biographical  Sketches  of  Graduates  of  Harvard,"  Vol.  I, 
Cambridge,  1873.  One  of  these  treatises  is  found  in 
"Collectanea  Chymica, "  q.  v,  Cf.  WILSON,  GEORGE. 

103  OTOLZ   VON  STOLZENBERG,  DANIEL. 

O    VlRIDARIUM       CHYMICUM,      figUHS       CUprO 

incisis   adornatum    .    .    .    [cxi]    ff.      107    pi. 
Oblong  1 6°.  Francofurti,  1624 

One  hundred  and  seven  plates,  each  with  a  verse,  from 
Michael  Maier's  works  and  other  sources. 


ALCHEMY   AND    CHEMISTRY.  31 

104  q^HEATRUM    CHEMICUM    PR^CIPUOS 

1   SELECTORUM  AUCTORUM  TRACTATUS  DE 

CHEMISE  ET  LAPIDIS  PHILOSOPHICI  antiqui- 
tate,  veritate  .  .  .  et  operationibus,  con- 
tinens.  .  .  .  6  vols.  :  I.  [vi]~794-[xxx];  II. 
549  -[vii];  III.  859 -[xmj;  IV.  [viii]-ioi4 
-[xxxiii];  V.  [viii]  -  9 1 2  -  [xxix] ;  VI.  [xviii]- 
772-[xxv]pp.  II.  8°. 

Sumptibus  Zetzneri,  Argentorati,  1659-61 

Vol.  VI  is  edited  by  J.  J.  Heilmann  and  differs  somewhat 
in  title.  An  earlier  edition  was  issued  in  five  volumes  by 
the  same  Zetzner,  1613-22,  but  is  less  highly  valued.  This 
collection  of  209  treatises  on  alchemy  is  catalogued  in 
full  by  Lenglet  Du  Fresnoy  in  his  "  Histoire  de  la  Philoso- 
phic herme'tique." 


105  nPROIS  TRAICTEZ  DE  LA  PHILOSO- 
1  PHIE  NATURELLE  .  .  .  Le  Secret 
Livre  [d']  Artephius; —  Les  Figures  Hiero- 
gliphiques  de  N.  Flamel; —  Le  Vray  Livre 
[de]  Synesius  .  .  .  Le  tout  traduict  par  P.  Ar- 
nauld.  98  pp.  PL  Sm.  4°. 

Paris,  1659 

Artephius  flourished  about  1150;   and  Synesius  about 
380  to  440.    Editions  are  numerous. 


106  llfEBSTER,  JOHN.  METALLOGRAPHIA  ; 
VV  OR,  AN  HISTORY  OF  METALS  .  .  . 
Wherein  .  .  .  also  the  Handling  and  Shewing  of 
their  Vegetability,  and  the  Discussion  of  Ques- 
tions belonging  to  Mystical  Chymistry  .  .  . 
[xvi]-388pp.  12°. 

London,  1671 

A  credulous  author  who  discourses  of  the  vegetability 
of  metals ;  a  follower  of  Paracelsus  and  a  believer  in  the 
doctrines  of  the  hermetic  philosophers. 


32  THE    GROLIER  CLUB. 

107  TI7ENZEL,  CARL  FRIEDRICH.    LEHRE 

»V  VON  DER  VERWANDSCHAFT  DER  KOR- 
PER.  [vii]-492pp.  PL  16°. 

Dressden,  1777 

An  important  contribution  to  the  theory  of  chemical  af- 
finity. For  its  contents  and  great  rarity  see  Dr.  R.  Angus 
Smith's  Memoir  of  John  Dalton,  London,  1856,  pp.  160- 
166. 

108  1THEGLEB,     JOHANN     CHRISTIAN. 

VV      HlSTORISCH  -  KRITISCHE      UNTERSUCH- 

UNG  DER  ALCHEMIE,  oder  der  eingebildeten 
Goldmacherkunst  .  .  .  [xxii]  -  437  -  [ii]  pp. 
1 6°.  Weimar,  1777 

109  T1[TILSON, GEORGE. A COMPLEAT COURSE 

VV  OF  CHYMISTRY,  containing  .  .  .  the  best 
Chymical  Medicines.  Fourth  edition,  [xxxi]- 
[xxiv]  -  383  -  [xii]  pp.  II.  1 2°. 

London, 1721 

Contains  recipes  for  Mathew's  pill,  also  for  Starkey's 
pill ;  and  describes  a  series  of  alchemical  operations  which 
were  interrupted  by  a  mob,  who  took  the  author  for  a 
"conjurer,  or  something  worse,  and  broke  my  glasses  and 
Athanor,  saying,  I  was  preparing  the  Devil  s  Fire-works 
to  burn  the  city. ' '  See  ST ARKEY,  GEORGE  ;  also  M ATHE w, 
RICHARD. 

no  yUCHOLD,  ERNST  AMANDUS.  BIBLIO- 
^  THECA  CHEMICA.  Verzeichniss  ...  in  den 
Jahren  1840  bis  Mitte  1858  .  .  .  erschienenen 
Schriften.  [vii]  -  342  pp.  8°. 

Gottingen,  1859 
Bound  with  this  is  a  continuation  by  Ruprecht, 

Rud.      BlBLIOTHECA  CHEMICA  ET  PHARMACEU- 

TICA.     1858  bis  Ende  1870.     126  pp.    8°. 

Gottingen,  1872 

Invaluable  bibliographies  for  the  periods  covered. 
Unfortunately  discontinued. 


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